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e words about clothes and colors. Then, match the pictures to the words. Vocabulary BuilderA and BTo teach students new vocabulary related to clothing and shopping.l Have the students listen and repeat the words. Students should be familiar with the words pants, jacket and price. You may need to spend more time on the words discount, manager and sales clerk. Spend a little more time explaining the meaning of these words. For the word discount, you can also show that in Western countries we usually use the word off, for example, “These shirts are 20% off,” means there is a discount of 20%. In some countries, such as Taiwan and Japan, the 20% can mean you pay 20% of the original price (thus it is in fact 80% off). l Once students seem fortable with the vocabulary, have them do the exercises, and correct any errors. C and DTo improve students’ listening and prehension skills l Tell the students they will hear two people talking in a clothing store. Make sure they know that Dimitri is the male speaker and Sarah is the female (remember that names can be difficult for ESL learners). l Now listen to the conversation and have students plete the sentences. Correct any mistakes and then go through the Useful Expressions. For the Useful Expressions section, you can roleplay a clothing store in the class. Lay out some items and have students e to the front and buy them from you. In addition, you could find pictures of clothing in magazines, cut them up and give them to the class. They can then roleplay buying and selling the items in pairs. l For exercise D, provide some pictures of clothes and ask students to classify these pictures. Encourage them to add more categories.Show TimeATo teach students listening and speaking skills through the use of videol Have students watch the pictures and try to describe them. You can do the first picture, and then have a more confident student try the second one. To make it more fun, you could choose two students, and then have them race to explain what is happening in the picture. The student with the fastest and best explanation wins. l Then have them match the sentences to the pictures.B, C and DTo improve students’ listening prehension through the use of videol First, have the students watch the video in its entirety. Ask basic prehension questions such as, “Who are the main characters in this video?” “Where are they?” “What are they doing?” “Why are they